Adds E-Learning Capabilities to ECM Suite; Integrates with SharePoint;
Offers Social and Mobility Functionality

WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX,
TSX: OTC) announced today it has acquired Operitel Corporation, a company specializing in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and
Enterprise Learning Portals. The acquisition adds powerful e-learning
capabilities to OpenText’s solutions. Operitel’s solutions include
social and mobile learning management and capabilities that integrate
with Microsoft SharePoint.

“Given the scale of content and process management solutions we’re
providing to global organizations today, integrated e-learning is
becoming an integral part of the high value solution we provide,” said
John Shackleton, President and Chief Executive Officer of OpenText.
“This acquisition will complement and extend OpenText’s solutions,
providing award-winning LMS functionality to our global customer base.
Operitel customers benefit from access to the resources and stability
of Canada’s largest software company.”

With Operitel’s flagship product, LearnFlex^TM Learning Management System, customers can offer efficient learning
services to their employees and customers. With additional strong
mobile and social offerings, Operitel’s LMS technology further enhances
and broadens functionality available to customers of OpenText’s ECM
Suite. Customers can utilize Operitel’s solutions to deliver, track,
and validate internal learning across their organizations. These
learning services are especially critical for ensuring timely
compliance with organizational and industry-specific regulatory
requirements – capabilities that complement OpenText’s traditional
strengths in compliance, information governance, and records
management.

LearnFlex, which has received multiple awards, is built on Microsoft‘s .NET platform and is both a Microsoft Partner and a tier one
Microsoft Official E-Learning reseller. Operitel builds solutions that
support and extend Microsoft SharePoint. OpenText is a leader in
providing solutions that integrate with SharePoint and Microsoft
Office. For SharePoint, OpenText offers BPM, application governance
and archiving solutions. With Operitel, OpenText continues to add to
its position as a leading Microsoft partner and a key provider of
solutions that support and extend SharePoint.

“Operitel was built with the basic principle of putting the client first
and concentrating on innovative solutions that are leading edge and
enterprise scalable, ” said Michael Skinner, Chief Executive Officer of
Operitel. “I believe the acquisition of Operitel by OpenText is an
excellent opportunity to provide our customers and partners assurance that we will continue to respond to their needs while at the same time
leveraging the extended resources of a larger enterprise.”

Operitel is headquartered in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Skinner
will continue to lead the Operitel team within OpenText.

About OpenText

OpenText ^TM is the world’s largest independent provider of Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) software. The company’s solutions manage information
for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in
large companies, government agencies and professional service firms.
OpenText supports approximately 46,000 customers in 114 countries and
12 languages. For more information about OpenText, visit www.opentext.com.

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